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Naomi
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Na'omi or Nao'mi. (my delight). The wife of Elimelech, and mother-in-law of Ruth. Ruth 1:2; etc.; Ruth 2:1; etc.; Ruth 3:1; Ruth 4:3; etc. (B.C. 1363). The name is derived from a root signifying sweetness or pleasantness. Naomi left Judea with her husband and two sons, in a time of famine, and went to the land of Moab. Here, her husband and sons died; and on her return to Bethlehem, she wished to be known as Mara, bitterness, instead of Naomi, sweetness. See Mara.
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Naomi'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​n/naomi.html. 1901.
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Naomi'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​n/naomi.html. 1901.